Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 339 Discussion on the Future of Soul Beasts

"That's right, the realm of gods will be an obstacle to human development!"

Gu Yuena's eyes lit up, and she emphasized.

To be honest, compared to leading the rise of soul beasts, Gu Yuena, who had spent some time in human society, felt that soul beasts were really no match for humans, whether in terms of intelligence, creativity, or courage.

Unless, of course, the soul beast truly takes human form, but then integrates into the human community...

However, it's not too late to consider these things after she returns to her original form. At the moment, she is actually more inclined to take revenge on herself and give the five great god kings a good beating, especially the god of asura, so that he can also taste what it's like to be split in two!

"Let's leave that aside for now. After all, we can't access the God Realm, so let's take it slow." Tang San shook his head. "Since you are the ruler of all soul beasts, you must be inclined towards soul beasts, right? But humans currently need soul beasts' soul rings to break through the limits of soul power. Although I can condense soul rings myself, it's not a common practice at the moment."

"Perhaps in the distant future, human soul masters will be able to condense soul rings and break through their cultivation levels, but before they can achieve this goal, countless soul beasts will be hunted down by human soul masters."

This is a problem that the Silver Dragon King has to face.

But Gu Yuena said, "To be honest, after spending some time with you, I feel that those soul beasts are quite stupid. I've also come to realize my own thoughts. I don't really care about the life or death of those soul beasts. It's just that I feel a sense of responsibility and want to find a place where they can live and thrive in peace forever."

"To die in comfort," Tang San suddenly interjected.

"Can you let me finish what I have to say?" Gu Yuena said angrily.

"No." Tang San yawned. "To be honest, listening to you talk about the reproduction and life of soul beasts is quite boring, especially since you've been stuck with a sovereign like yourself."

"I'm really angry!"

"Don't get excited. I just want to say that if you want soul beasts to have a permanent place to live, then you can try dreaming. It's a wonderful place."

Tang San "reassured" Gu Yuena, ignoring her face which was burning with anger, and continued, "After all, you understand the concept of the universe better than I do. In that infinitely vast space, there are countless intelligent races. They also develop and explore. What if one day they come to Douluo Star... Just imagine, how powerful must an intelligent civilization outside of Douluo Star be to travel light-years to Douluo Star?"

Gu Yuena rolled her eyes: "Listening to your stories about aliens, it feels even more distant than the realm of gods."

This is a sarcastic remark made by Tang San earlier that "the God Realm is too far away".

"Isn't the God Realm an alien planet?" Tang San asked back.

"...That's really true." Gu Yuena thought for a while and was speechless. After all, according to Tang San's "extraterrestrial theory", the God Realm was a federation composed of native gods and gods from various planets. However, the system was very backward and advocated "survival of the fittest" and "the theory that the weak are guilty".

Moreover, each of the five great god-kings of the divine realm has their own flaws.

"Don't change the subject." Gu Yuena snapped out of her reverie, narrowing her eyes. "I'm asking you, if one day, soul beasts and humans were to go to war, whose side would you be on?"

"Humans." Tang San replied without hesitation.

Why?

Gu Yuena didn't understand. Tang San also had half-soul beast blood... Well, it seemed that in Tang San's view, soul beasts that had taken human form, even if they hadn't reached maturity, were still human.

Although she didn't want to admit it, Gu Yuena had to acknowledge that transformed soul beasts were, in essence, already human, only possessing the 100,000 years of cultivation accumulated during their soul beast days, which they could use to condense their first seven soul rings.

"It seems you know the reason." Tang San saw that Gu Yuena had stopped asking her question and then sighed softly. "I think you don't need to treat all the soul beasts as your subjects."

Gu Yuena: "All?"

Tang San: "After all, you can't change the food chain among soul beasts. Only soul beasts at the 100,000-year level can be changed. Only those can be considered your true subjects."

Gu Yuena asked suspiciously, "How many subjects do I have? Those bastards in the ocean won't pay me any attention."

"How can someone who lacks wisdom approaching that of humankind be considered a people?"

Tang San looked deeply at Gu Yuena. "Deep down, you don't really consider soul beasts under 50,000 years old as your subjects, but rather as expendable resources that you can use to drive and consume, right? Just as you said before, you've seen your own heart clearly. Towards soul beasts, you only feel a sense of responsibility, and it's similar to their worship of you. You feel that you can't betray their worship. That's probably the situation."

Without a doubt, neither Gu Yuena from the Douluo series he had seen in his previous life nor the real Silver Dragon King before him were qualified rulers in Tang San's eyes.

Or rather, in an environment like the Star Dou Great Forest, it's impossible to form any effective rule, not to mention that Gu Yuena spends most of her time asleep.

In the original story, during the time when the God Realm was swept away by the spacetime turbulence, Gu Yuena directly led the soul beasts to launch a war against all the humans on Douluo Star, which was better than her method of "learning from the barbarians to subdue them".

What good is learning human technology?

Among soul beasts, only a handful of ferocious beasts can transform into human form, making them far less valuable than the vast number of humans in terms of research capabilities.

Gu Yuena was dejected, then asked, "Is there really no way for humans and soul beasts to coexist peacefully?"

"Coexistence is possible, as long as there's a way to erase the rule that spirit beasts will generate spirit rings after they die in the future. But peaceful coexistence..." Tang San could only say:

A weak nation has no diplomacy.

This is an eternal truth.

Not to mention that apart from the Silver Dragon King and a few other ferocious beasts, there is nothing about the soul beasts that humans can respect.

Moreover, most humans are unaware that ferocious beasts exist within the Star Dou Great Forest.

For humans, soul beasts are resources, not a force.

At least on Douluo Star, if Gu Yuena wanted to provide a permanent and stable habitat for soul beasts, there was only one way: to slaughter all the humans on Douluo Star and then, over the long years, be constantly vigilant against any races that might evolve in the direction of humans, and nip them in the bud.

Even so, two issues still need to be considered.

Firstly, should a 100,000-year-old soul beast that cannot survive the heavenly tribulation be transformed into a human?

Secondly, the factors of the divine realm must be considered.

Firstly, if Gu Yuena were more ruthless, she could have slaughtered all the 100,000-year-old soul beasts that had taken human form; secondly, there was the slash that she could not avoid no matter what.

"If we're talking about coexistence, humans and spirit beasts currently coexist on the same continent," Gu Yuena sighed. "But if humans continue to develop like this, spirit beasts will eventually become extinct."

"You're just worrying unnecessarily," Tang San shook his head and said, "As long as the energy of heaven and earth in this world doesn't disappear, there will always be ordinary animals and plants that become soul beasts. It's just that high-level soul beasts will be relatively rare."

Gu Yuena: "..."

The equality between soul beasts and humans.

I personally think it's impossible!

Either depend on or integrate into humanity and become human.

From a higher perspective, even among humans, there is constant struggle; how much more so when a completely new race joins?

Unless it's a world like Pokémon.

Alternatively, all intelligent beings that are not of the divine lineage may be categorized into the realm of humanity, thus elevating the concept of humanity.

(End of this chapter)